Posted: Mar 20, 2021

Volleyball Drops 3-0 Match At Ferris State

Northwood

(6-4, 6-4 GLIAC)

Ferris St.

(6-4, 6-4 GLIAC)

Final

Northwood (6-4, 6-4 GLIAC)

Ferris St. (6-4, 6-4 GLIAC)

Game Leaders

K: 2 Players (#6, #24) - 9

B: 2 Players (#17, #24) - 3

D: Lauren Bell - 21

SA: 2 Players (#11, #16) - 2

K: Keona Salesman - 16

B: 3 Players (#2, #3, #12) - 2

D: Nina Gorgijevska - 27

SA: Keona Salesman - 3

Team Stats

Northwood

Ferris St.

Hitting %

.146

.234

Blocks

5.0

4.0

Digs

Aces

Full stats

OVERVIEW – FERRIS STATE

SCORE: Ferris State Bulldogs 3, Northwood Timberwolves 0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-18)

RECORDS: Northwood (6-4, 6-4 GLIAC), Ferris State (6-4, 6-4 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Ewigleben Arena – Big Rapids, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Volleyball sees Ferris State control the play late in all three sets in a 3-0 Bulldog win Saturday (March 20).

INSIDE THE MATCH

The opening set saw runs for both teams throughout the set. Northwood led 10-7, only to see Ferris State score three straight to tie the score. NU then put up four straight points to lead 14-10, which was followed by the Bulldogs scoring four straight of their own to level the score again at 14-14. The Timberwolves appeared ready to take a 1-0 lead when they went up 23-18, but FSU put up six straight point to lead 24-23. The Bulldogs eventually took the set 28-26 for the 1-0 advantage. Northwood hit .154 in the opening set (17-9-52), while Ferris State finished the set at .189 (16-6-53).
Ferris State led the second set 10-8 when Northwood went on a big run. The Timberwolves scored 10 of the next 11 points to lead 18-11. NU was close to leveling the match, taking leads of 21-15 and 22-18. But FSU took their level of play up another level at the end of the set again, scoring seven of the final eight points to take the set 25-23. The Bulldogs hit .208 in the second (17-7-48), nearly matching the Timberwolves' mark of .209 (12-3-43).
The Bulldogs kept the momentum going early in the third, scoring seven of the first nine points. Northwood fought back to cut the lead to two at 19-17. FSU finished off the match with one final run, scoring five straight and six of the final seven points to win 25-18. The Timberwolves fell back to .057 (8-6-35) while Ferris State jumped up to .325 (15-2-40).

MATCH STATS